Today we planned to film the penultimate scene where all is revealed and James and Josh have a confrontation. This was most important as, similar to Brick, there are many enigma codes throughout, as it is then revealed at the end who did what and why.
I did some filming today as I had only filmed in Mr Pickering's office, and so had a few ideas for artistic shots i.e. an extreme close up (which Emma helped set up) which was slightly off centre. Another was where Josh's shoulder was in focus, and then it blurred through to James' face in focus. This was a very useful camera shot that I felt was extremely effective and drew a lot of attention to James' face as he spoke, giving ownership and importance to the shot and to the words he was saying. To add to this we made it canted by loosening the grip on the camera and having it almost hang off the tripod.
The lighting was very low key and effective when contrasting on the clothes of the characters. Luckily Josh was wearing his grey coat, so the light reflected off the lighter material. The location was very good as Josh's silhouette was extremely effective under the streetlight, leading on from the earlier scene where he steps out and reveals himself to the audience.
The actors were able to say their lines effectively, and concisely, we did muck around a bit, and we must try to focus more when filming. Due to this, the battery ran out, however we were able to film the audio of some other bits to include a sound bridge when Editing at a later date.
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